in the books

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  Finished; concluded; able to be regarded as a matter of record.
 * 2) * 1982 Feb. 3, Bob Ryan, "Parish spruces up Celtics, 109-105," Boston Globe p. S-1 (retrieved 18 March 2013) :
 * Two Bird swishes and a Johnny Davis three-point air ball later, the victory was in the books.